"Hey! How can you be like this? You want to fight at the slightest disagreement!" Phoenix Cockscomb Sunflower, sensing the terrifying aura emanating from Xian Lin'er, immediately cried out in alarm.
"Didn't you say you weren't easy to talk to? Then I'll beat you until you are!" Xian Lin'er frowned and said.
"Ah, this!" Phoenix Cockscomb Sunflower felt she really had a big mouth and quickly explained, "I was just being stubborn, just stubborn! Actually, I'm very easy to talk to!"
"Really?" Xian Lin'er showed a suspicious expression and said.
"Really, really!" Phoenix Cockscomb Sunflower nodded repeatedly, her large red flower almost falling off, and said, "You can tell me anything you need. I will definitely fulfill your requests if I can, as long as you don't fight or wake up anyone else."
"Alright then, we've only come for one thing this time," Zhu Ziyang stepped forward and said with a smile.
"What is it?" Phoenix Cockscomb Sunflower subconsciously asked.
"To find her a seventh spirit ring," Zhu Ziyang pushed Ma Xiaotao forward and said.
"To find her a seventh spirit ring?" Phoenix Cockscomb Sunflower felt her not-so-large head was about to explode. For a moment, she didn't grasp Zhu Ziyang and the others' intentions. Instead, she foolishly said, "I sense the Phoenix bloodline from her. My sub-plant must have been eaten by her, right? What kind of spirit ring are you looking for?"
"I want you to become my spirit ring," Ma Xiaotao said softly, like a whisper in Phoenix Cockscomb Sunflower's ear, but to Phoenix Cockscomb Sunflower, it boomed like a thunderclap from the heavens.
"Wh-what!" Phoenix Cockscomb Sunflower's body immediately leaned back, as if to distance herself from Ma Xiaotao, and she cried out, "N-no! I don't want to die! How about I introduce you to some other Spirit Beasts or Immortal Herbs as spirit rings? Look, over there is a Fire Flame Grass with ninety thousand years of cultivation, and there's also an eighty-thousand-year-old Falling Flame Heart Flower..."
Phoenix Cockscomb Sunflower frantically promoted other Immortal Herbs to Ma Xiaotao, her submissive attitude completely lacking the pride a 100,000-Year Soul Beast should possess. However, thinking about it, it was quite normal. After all, they were Spirit Beasts that evolved from Immortal Herbs, not Spirit Beasts in the traditional sense. They had a hundred thousand years of cultivation but lacked corresponding combat power.
Towards people with the cultivation of a Spirit King or Spirit Emperor like Zhu Ziyang, they were condescending, but once they met Super Douluo like Xian Lin'er and Cai Meier, they would choose to grovel.
"No, I want an Immortal Herb! A hundred-thousand-year Immortal Herb!" Ma Xiaotao smiled and shook her head, her gaze fixed on Phoenix Cockscomb Sunflower, and said.
"Ah!" Phoenix Cockscomb Sunflower immediately understood that the other party was after her, but she still wanted to struggle, crying out, "Wait a minute, there's a hundred-thousand-year Blazing Apricot Cabbage in the Yang Spring. She's an Immortal Herb of extreme fire, much more suitable for you than I am!"
Phoenix Cockscomb Sunflower's words stunned Ma Xiaotao, Xian Lin'er, and Cai Meier, and even made Zhu Ziyang's mouth twitch. However, before they could speak, an angry female voice emerged from the scorching Yang Spring.
"You, Kui Kui, I've been so good to you all this time, and this is how you repay me?" A large red flower emerged from the scorching Yang Spring, it was precisely the Blazing Apricot Cabbage.
"Ah haha, Jiao Jiao, y-you're awake?" Having been caught red-handed betraying a friend, Phoenix Cockscomb Sunflower felt her life was already forfeit.
"Hmph! If I hadn't woken up, wouldn't you have sold me out?" Blazing Apricot Cabbage retorted grumpily, "I completely misjudged you!"
"No, Jiao Jiao, listen to my sophistry—ah, no, listen to my explanation!" Phoenix Cockscomb Sunflower quickly said with a mournful voice.
"Alright, then explain!" Blazing Apricot Cabbage adopted an attitude of "you speak, I'll listen if I feel like it," but this made Phoenix Cockscomb Sunflower overjoyed, and she quickly babbled out her explanation.
"Ziyang, is this red plant that looks like a large cabbage truly extreme fire?" Xian Lin'er leaned close to Zhu Ziyang and whispered.
"Yes! She's called Blazing Apricot Cabbage, a rare plant born from the scorching Yang Spring, possessing extreme fire is quite normal," Zhu Ziyang nodded and replied.
"Then, can I have her?" Ma Xiaotao's eyes lit up and she said. She felt Phoenix Cockscomb Sunflower was a bit of a traitor and it would be better to choose a seemingly more powerful Immortal Herb as her Soul Spirit!
"This, it's a bit difficult!" Zhu Zi rubbed his face, looking a little awkward, and said, "This Blazing Apricot Cabbage is one of the strongest Immortal Herbs in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, her strength is almost on par with a normal 100,000-Year Soul Beast. With Sister Xiaotao's current strength, you can't control her yet. If you wait until you're at the eight-ring or nine-ring level, then you could consider her."
"Is that so? Well, alright then, I'll stick with that Phoenix Cockscomb Sunflower!" Ma Xiaotao felt a little disheartened upon hearing this, but she quickly cast that feeling aside.
"Hey, aren't you two taking us a bit too lightly!" Phoenix Cockscomb Sunflower was still explaining to Blazing Apricot Cabbage, completely ignoring the four humans glaring at them. Zhu Ziyang couldn't help but complain.
However, neither Phoenix Cockscomb Sunflower nor Blazing Apricot Cabbage heard Zhu Ziyang's complaint, or rather, they heard it, but they chose to ignore it.
Just as everyone was about to lose their patience, a familiar voice sounded from behind them, "Hey hey, that boy, why didn't that silver-haired girl come?"
Zhu Ziyang turned around, and it was Moon Laurel Fairy Tea speaking.
"You mean Nannan? She didn't come. She doesn't need a Hundred-Thousand-Year spirit ring yet," Zhu Ziyang explained with a smile.
"Is that so?" Moon Laurel Fairy Tea shook her branches and said, "Then you brought them here just to take Kui Kui away?"
"Yes, but our method might be different from what you imagine," Zhu Ziyang was quite patient with this Moon Laurel Fairy Tea, he said.
"What's so different? Don't you humans just want to eat Kui Kui and absorb her spirit ring and Spirit Bone?" Moon Laurel Fairy Tea expressed her incomprehension, her tone somewhat displeased, saying, "Honestly, you humans are just so greedy!"
"Are you talking like that because you think Ziyang has a good temper and won't do anything to you?" Ma Xiaotao walked up to Moon Laurel Fairy Tea, flames burning in her hand, and threatened.
"Ah! Zhu Ziyang, quickly make this woman stay away from Cha Cha, she's so dangerous!" Moon Laurel Fairy Tea immediately shrieked.
"Sister Xiaotao, stop teasing her," Zhu Ziyang smiled and pulled Ma Xiaotao behind him, then said to Moon Laurel Fairy Tea, "Cha Cha, you've really misunderstood us. You'll understand in a moment."
"Hmph! Do as you please!" Moon Laurel Fairy Tea said, sulking, "You weren't sent by that person, so you can't take away a single Immortal Herb. If you want Immortal Herbs, then let that person's people come!"
"That person?" Xian Lin'er and Cai Meier both showed surprised expressions. They hadn't expected that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well had already been occupied by someone before them.
"That's right, that person's people, what was that sect called again?" Moon Laurel Fairy Tea's tone was uncertain, then gradually became impatient, saying, "Oh, anyway, without people from that sect, you can't take away any Immortal Herbs. Oh, right, except for Kui Kui, she's already been rejected by Jiao Jiao."
"This..." Xian Lin'er, Cai Meier, and Ma Xiaotao exchanged glances, not understanding what Moon Laurel Fairy Tea was talking about.
"Tang Sect!" Zhu Ziyang instantly understood. That person could only be Tang San, so that sect could only be the Tang Sect and nothing else.
"Yes, yes, that's the Tang Sect!" Moon Laurel Fairy Tea immediately agreed with delight, "Only people from the Tang Sect can gain You You's approval and take away seven Immortal Herbs. Others who want to take Immortal Herbs will incur You You's attack."
"This..." Xian Lin'er and Cai Meier exchanged glances again, they seemed to have learned something incredible.
"Sigh! I should have brought that little girl Tang Ya along!" Ma Xiaotao didn't think too much, she just felt it was a pity, and said.
"Actually, it's fine. After all, our goal is just the Phoenix Cockscomb Sunflower. As for the other Immortal Herbs, there's no rush, we have plenty of time!" Zhu Ziyang said with a comforting smile.
"Xiaotao, Ziyang is right. Let's secure that Phoenix Cockscomb Sunflower first. Other matters can be discussed later!" A trace of awe arose in Xian Lin'er's heart, and she said with a solemn expression.
Cai Meier also nodded. Having lived for so long, they both knew some secrets, so it was normal for them to detect some clues from the conversation between Moon Laurel Fairy Tea and Zhu Ziyang.
The four once again looked at Phoenix Cockscomb Sunflower. By this time, Phoenix Cockscomb Sunflower had become wilted, looking as if she was about to wither. Clearly, her explanation had not been accepted by Blazing Apricot Cabbage, which was why Moon Laurel Fairy Tea had said that she had been rejected by Jiao Jiao!